HERSHEY — Maybe Tommy Gretz likes Hershey’s chocolate better than Boyer’s Mallo Cups, or he doesn’t understand Altoona pizza. Whatever it was, the Connellsville sophomore didn’t allow an 8-0 setback in the semifinals of the team state dual meet tournament to Bethlehem Catholic’s ...
ALTOONA — The hard part is out of the way for Bentworth’s Owen Ivcic and Drake McLure. The duo qualified for the PIAA Class 2A Individual Wrestling Championships by qualifying for the semifinals Friday night in the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament at Altoona Area School ...
When you are part of a wrestling program in the state of Pennsylvania that has produced 14 individual state, eight WPIAL team and one team state champion, the expectations are very high, and normally, anything less than a state title is considered a failure. When Connellsville was awarded its ...
ALTOONA — The PIAA dual meet wrestling championships have been held for 26 years. For the first six, Connellsville advanced to the championship final three times, which culminated with a title in 2005, but the last 19 years had the Falcons falling short of reaching the medal round. ...
ALTOONA — Bill Swink made some moves in his lineup, but with the way Connellsville was wrestling, he probably could have gone with the bouts straight up. The Falcons had a 27-0 lead after four matches and went on to earn a 38-26 victory over Council Rock South in the quarterfinals of the ...
DUBOIS — To pose with Hershey’s chocolate would be inaccurate, so Connellsville had to improvise. Following Tuesday’s 57-18 victory over DuBois in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A Team Wrestling Championships, the Falcons posed with Mallo Cups and packs of tuna. Since its ...
